Mine Tailings
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waste, mining, tailings
Waste from the Highland Valley Copper operations, called tailings, settle out in this tailings pond. The tailing pond waters are spectacularly coloured, much like the famous glacier-fed lakes in the Rockies.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailings
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°32'33"N 121°7'23"W
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- Kennecott Tailings Pond 1289 km
- Sewage out-fall 1900 km
- tailings impoundments 2126 km
- ASARCO Mine Tailings Dams 2221 km
- Hurley copper smelter site 2253 km
- old mine tailings 2851 km
- Tailings 2944 km
- Gaspe Mines tailings dump 3909 km
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- Elephant Hill Provincial Park 26 km
- Skwaha Lake Ecological Reserve 31 km
- Hat Creek Coalfield 40 km
- Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park 68 km
- Seton Lake 73 km
- Duffey Lake Provincial Park 87 km
- Mehatl Creek Provincial Park 90 km
- Anderson Lake 90 km